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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Virginia Nurse License Suspended Over Roanoke-Area Nursing Home Opioid Diversion
2020
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Virginia Roanoke and Lynchburg, Virginia |
Pheasant Ridge Nursing and Rehab Center, Roanoke, VA; Central Healthcare, Lynchburg, VA | Opioids | Diverted opioids for personal and unauthorized consumption across multiple healthcare employers, including LewisGale, Carilion, and a home-health agency | not stated | Virginia Board of Nursing suspended the nursing license, reported as 2020; source states only the year | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse alleged to have diverted controlled substances from a rehabilitation facility in Burlington
2019-12
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Wisconsin Burlington, WI |
a rehabilitation facility (Facility B) | controlled substances | Alleged to have diverted controlled substances from the facility on or around December 3, 2019. | not stated | License surrender accepted; final decision and order dated September 10, 2020; no petition for reinstatement for at least one year and $632 costs before any application is considered. | none documented | source |
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Georgia Pharmacy Owner Charged Over Fake Prescriptions and Unauthorized Controlled Substance Distribution
2019-07-15
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Georgia Baxley, Georgia |
Fulghum Discount Drugs, Baxley, GA | Controlled substances distributed without a valid prescription | Beginning as early as January 2015 and continuing until at least October 2018, created fake prescriptions purportedly for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and billed those programs, and separately distributed controlled substances to individuals without a physician's prescription | not stated | Charged via criminal information July 15, 2019, with Conspiracy with Objects of Healthcare Fraud and Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances; up to 5 years in federal prison if convicted | none documented | source |
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Physician found guilty of operating a pill mill and prescribing opioids without legitimate medical purpose
2019-06
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Ohio Canton, OH |
medical office in Jackson Township | opioids and other drugs | prescribed opioids and other drugs without a legitimate medical purpose; operated a pill mill; aggravated trafficking in drugs; tampering with records; illegal processing of drug documents | not stated | Found guilty on 187 counts; sentencing scheduled for July 3, 2019 | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse alleged to have diverted a controlled substance from a nursing facility in Mukwonago
2018-11
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Wisconsin Mukwonago, WI |
a nursing facility (Facility A) | a controlled substance | Alleged to have diverted a controlled substance from the facility on or around November 7, 2018. | not stated | License surrender accepted; final decision and order dated September 10, 2020; no petition for reinstatement for at least one year and $632 costs before any application is considered. | none documented | source |
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Physician charged with health care fraud and distributing Suboxone without medical necessity through a clinic
2018-11
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Ohio Dublin, OH |
a Suboxone clinic | Suboxone | Charged in a federal indictment with a health care fraud scheme that involved marketing prescription creams in low-income neighborhoods and persistently mailing those creams to Medicaid customers, and with prescribing and distributing Suboxone without medical necessity. | not stated | Charged in a seven-count federal indictment on October 30, 2018; scheduled for an initial appearance in federal court. | none documented | source |
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Palos Park physician's medical and controlled substance licenses temporarily suspended over prescribing
2017-10
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Illinois | Private medical practice, Palos Park, Illinois | Controlled substances (unspecified) | not stated | Physician and surgeon | not stated | none documented | source |
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Schaumburg psychiatrist temporarily suspended over boundary violations and controlled substance prescribing
2017-10
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Illinois | Private psychiatric practice, Schaumburg, Illinois | Controlled substances (unspecified) | not stated | Physician and surgeon (psychiatric practice) | not stated | none documented | source |
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